13 September
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The wonders of technology allow for an endless treasure trove of free and accessible clarinet information online. Here are a few online resources you should check out: International Clarinet Association website. The ICA offers many resources for both members and non-members alike. Our blogs feature a wide variety of educational topics, and members can access digital copies of The Clarinet. The Clarinet Institute of Los Angeles. There are tons of pieces of clarinet repertoire waiting to be practiced and performed on this website. Each score is completely free (and legal!) to download. Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain. There are lots of great resourcesRead More →

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On Friday, July 26, 2019, clarinet history was made during ClarinetFest 2019. Three hundred and sixty-seven members of the International Clarinet Association joined together at the University of Tennessee to form the World’s Largest Clarinet Choir. Previously, this record included a clarinet choir of 362 clarinetists. Thank you to everyone who participated in this event, including Matt Johnston, who arranged the music, and ICA President Mitchell Estrin who conducted the group. Our tie-breaking clarinetist, #363, was Jana Rose Sanders, who shares a bit about herself below: Name: My name is Jana Rose Sanders. I attend Liberty University studying as a clarinet performance major in my juniorRead More →

02 September
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Music Reviews: September 2019 STUDIES AND COLLECTIONS La belle aventure, Vols. 1–3. “Miniature works for great musicians in the making.” Three volumes of short pieces by composers Michalis Andronikou, Simon Bertrand, Éric Champagne, Hope Lee, Robert Lemay, Jean Lesage and Bruce Mather, compiled by Jean-Guy Boisvert. Doberman-Yppan, 2018. Vol. 1: $9.00 PDF, $10.00 print; Vol. 2: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print; Vol. 3: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print Clarinetist Jean-Guy Boisvert has made it his mission to promote works by fellow Canadians. To that end, he has commissioned nearly 20 composers to writeRead More →

02 September
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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.    Audio Reviews: September 2019 RECORDINGS Bass Clarinet Essentials. Matthias Höfer, bass clarinet; Manami Sano, piano. O. Schoeck: Sonate, Op. 41; P. Hindemith: Sonate; A. Busch: Suite in D Minor, Op. 37a; E. Bozza: Ballade; E. Krenek: Prelude and Sonatine; A. Hába: Suite, Op. 100; M. Mower: Sonatina; J. Horák: Interviewausschnitt. Bremen Radiohall Records, LC 84828. Total time 72:35. It is an exciting time if you are a bass clarinetist; new works and materials are consistently being generated by many performers eager to contribute to the repertory. Bass clarinetist Matthias HöferRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Caroline Schleicher-Krähmer: The First Female Clarinet Soloist by Nicola Buckenmaier   “This artist delivered, supported by the Musikverein, a performance in which she fully demonstrated her abilities on the clarinet, the violin, and the piano and did leave no doubt that the first of these instruments is fully under her control, she masters great difficulties with even greater nonchalance, her sound is seldom outperformed; one believes to hear a harmonica of pure mood, and her level of piano will be rarely reached.”1 This is how a critic described the public concert ofRead More →